James Lowen is an award­-winning travel writer, focusing on nature-orientated travel, and moth fanatic. He deftly treads the line between expert and layman by bringing wildlife alive for the non­-specialist. His books for Bloomsbury include RSPB Spotlight Hedgehogs and Badgers, and Birds of France. His big hit is 52 Wildlife Weekends (for Bradt), which won Travel Book of the Year in 2016. He is also one of Britain’s leading moth-ers, and is the author of Much Ado About Mothing (Bloomsbury, 2021).

Moths are important pollinators and food for creatures such as bats yet their clothes-munching habits have got them terrible PR. But, explains James, only two species out of 2,500 pose a threat to your woollies. So give moths a chance.

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroduction: mothing for beginnersSpring mothsSummer mothsAutumn mothsWinter mothsTaxonomic list of moth families coveredGlossaryFurther reading and other resourcesPhotographic creditsIndex

James Lowen is an award­-winning travel writer, focusing on nature-orientated travel, and moth fanatic. He deftly treads the line between expert and layman by bringing wildlife alive for the non­-specialist. His books for Bloomsbury include RSPB Spotlight Hedgehogs and Badgers, and Birds of France. His big hit is 52 Wildlife Weekends (for Bradt), which won Travel Book of the Year in 2016. He is also one of Britain’s leading moth-ers, and is the author of Much Ado About Mothing (Bloomsbury, 2021).

Moths are important pollinators and food for creatures such as bats yet their clothes-munching habits have got them terrible PR. But, explains James, only two species out of 2,500 pose a threat to your woollies. So give moths a chance.

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroduction: mothing for beginnersSpring mothsSummer mothsAutumn mothsWinter mothsTaxonomic list of moth families coveredGlossaryFurther reading and other resourcesPhotographic creditsIndex

James Lowen is an award­-winning travel writer, focusing on nature-orientated travel, and moth fanatic. He deftly treads the line between expert and layman by bringing wildlife alive for the non­-specialist. His books for Bloomsbury include RSPB Spotlight Hedgehogs and Badgers, and Birds of France. His big hit is 52 Wildlife Weekends (for Bradt), which won Travel Book of the Year in 2016. He is also one of Britain’s leading moth-ers, and is the author of Much Ado About Mothing (Bloomsbury, 2021).

Moths are important pollinators and food for creatures such as bats yet their clothes-munching habits have got them terrible PR. But, explains James, only two species out of 2,500 pose a threat to your woollies. So give moths a chance.

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroduction: mothing for beginnersSpring mothsSummer mothsAutumn mothsWinter mothsTaxonomic list of moth families coveredGlossaryFurther reading and other resourcesPhotographic creditsIndex